Dump-wagon.



Patented July 24,- |900.

J. w. HAYwoon.

D U M P W A (i 0 N.

'Application led Dec. 18, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN V. HAYWOOD, OF SYRAOUSE,` NEW YORK.

DUMP-WAGON.

SPEClFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,453, dated J'uly24, 1900. Application filed December 16, 1898. Serial No. 699,417. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN W. HAYWOOD, of

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Dump-Wagons, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying'drawings, is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to dump-wagons, and particularly to means andappliances for mounting and operating the drop-bottoms thereof.

My object is to produce a dump -wagon in which the drop-bottoms, whethersolid or sectional, are operated by chains which are arranged to performthe operation of trusses, of which said bottom is the chord, in closingand supporting the bottom or a section thereof and in which the sides ofthe box extend below the frame-bars, creating an angle in whichthe hinge-joint is mounted, so as to be protected `from the material dumpedwhen the bottom is dropped. It is constructed as follows, referencebeing had to the accom panying drawings, in which@ i Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a Wagon complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof online a; looking rearward. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of thejoint connectL ing the bottom to the frame.

A is the box, 2 2 being the side bars of the frame; 3, the stationaryfront endfboard; 4E, the stationary rear endboard, and 5 the stantionary sides, while G is the dumping-bottom or a section thereof, itusually being sectional.

The sides 5 extend below the frame-bars 2, creating an exterior angle inwhich the-joint '7, connecting the hingedeaves 8 9, is placed, saidlleaves being suitably secured to the lsideboards projecting frame-barsand to the bottom, the leaf 9 being bent substantially as shown. Awinding-shaft 10, with an ordinary ratchet-wheel and lever 11, issuitablymonnted in said box sides, and the chains 12 vare suitablyconnected thereto and pass thence in engagement with the idlers 13 tothe pulleys 14 in the brackets 15 and over the pulleys 16 in thebrackets 17 and to the pulleys 18 in the brackets 19, and their rearends are suitably secured to theboX-frame. All of said brackets are`suitably'secured upon said bottom. It will be seen that thehinge-joints in said exteriorV angle are fully protected from rain bytheframe-bars and from becoming clogged by the material dumped from thebox. It will be'further seenrthat when said chains are wound up theyoperate like trusses both to close the bottom and to support it and itsload, the bottom itself being the chord of each truss and each chain thesides thereof, with a pulley 16 as the apex thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-- A dumpwvagon comprising a box-frame, below theframe, a dumping-bottom, a chain passing over pulleys at the forward endof said bottom, a central pulley in a different plane, wherebythe chainforms a truss of which the dumpingbottom is the chord,4 the chain, thesides and the central pulley the apex, and means for Winding `the chain.

In witness whereofl have hereunto set my hand this`13th day of December,1898. i

JOHN W. HAYWOOD. Witnesses M. A. FRANKLIN, HOWARD P. DENIsoN,

